Musician REACTS to Bloodborne OST (Laurence, Living Failures)

[@TeraCMusic]

Happy November! Here we are for Part 3 with FULL REACTIONS! 🔥 After filming this vid, I went and watched Davi Vasc's reaction to Living Failures and I feel so stupid for not recognizing that string part as being the same as Gustav Holst's 'Mars' 😂(hence why I put it in the edit instead). I think I need to revisit a LOT of classical music now haha. Part 4 will have Lady Maria, Hail The Nightmare, and Orphan of Kos so stay tuned! 🎶

[@juanjusli9839]

Prepare yourself for lady maria, there’s a reason why she’s the poster girl.

[@zander12]

Unbelievable. I was about to recommend those 3 OSTs, especially since I think Hail The Nightmare and Orphan of Kos are very underrated. But you arleady planned those exact OSTs. Now I'm very excited. Bloodborne is an artistic masterpiece, and its music is as good as its lore is deep. Hail The Nightmare is very lyric focused, and I just highly appreciate its artistical place in the world and story of Bloodborne, especially when knowing the lyrics and its deeper symbolical meanings.

[@sleepymoddasucka]

We are a long time dead community that were gifted with siick ost

[@sammyb528]

Laurence is the definition of "the road to hell is paved with good intentions," trying to heal people through the Healing Church, but ultimately starting the beast scourge in the whole of Yarhnam, gets killed and trapped in the hunter's nightmare to have his body eternally burning. In an essence, there is no Bloodborne without Laurence; First phase he's a flaming cleric beast, in the second phase when the solemn cello kick in, his legs explode and he's crawling on the ground, screaming in pain trying to kill you fighting for his life. He's one of the most tragic bosses besides Gerhman

[@TeraCMusic]

@@sammyb528 I really have to watch these boss fights now cause DANG! Gives me Snake vibes (from 999 in one of the endings) in terms of the resolve of wanting/needing to kill someone being stronger than the pain he feels in the moment. Badass but yes, tragic

[@nickwatts1262]

@@TeraCMusic a reaction to those boss fights would be cool too

[@Lord-of-Gaming-007]

​@@nickwatts1262 YESSSS, a boss reaction would be REALLY COOL!

[@belial1821]

Laurence is more tragic, he wanted to do something good but it went wrong, he tried to stop it but ended up turned into a monster and was beheaded and even if he had his missing skull he would have his memories back. In the nightmare he is doomed to suffer until we came in to stop his torment.

[@TwighlightLugia]

It goes deeper than that. Laurence was with Byrgenwerth, who plumbed the old labyrinth underneath Yharnam first. Which means that before the Healing Church even began, the college knew about "ailing" Loran, an ancient land swallowed by their own version of the Beast Plague. Which means that, despite knowing what happened to Loran, Laurence, in his hubris, believed he could do it better. There's also a dubiously canon moment in the comics that imply that Laurence and his church members poisoned the water supply in Old Yharnam with the "ashen blood" illness so that they could turn around and cure it. Old Yharnam, which was later torched nearly to the ground to keep the Plague at bay. That is why he sits in the purgatorial Hunter's Nightmare, eternally burning for his sins as he screams for forgiveness, and crawls desperately on the floor, dragging his flaming entrails behind him. Hell, when you get to him, he's in a pose in mock of the _Pieta_ statue. Except for Laurence, there is no one there to comfort him, and the very gods that Laurence idolized haven't been listening for a long, long time.

[@beansnrice321]

The living failures theme and Star wars share a common inspiration in Gustav Holst. He did a series of orchestral pieces named after the planets and Mars was the piece that inspired both of the aforementioned works.

[@TeraCMusic]

@@beansnrice321 I wish I remembered if I played Mars in orchestra... I think I might've played Jupiter? I'll have to go back and listen to them all 😅

[@hermitinsolitude]

Now you need to do Lady Maria and the Orpah of Kos. A corpse should be left well alone.

[@TeraCMusic]

@@hermitinsolitude They will be in Part 4!

[@hermitinsolitude]

@@TeraCMusic Don't keep that corpse waiting.

[@WilliamPelton-n5m]

@@hermitinsolitudea corpse should be left well alone

[@joaocartaxo8135]

@@WilliamPelton-n5m oh i know.. how the secrets beckon so sweetly

[@Cultri_97]

Ah finally, Laurence my personal favourite OST ever

[@Alfred_bb]

Me to boy

[@Lord-of-Gaming-007]

Me too

[@skullton1121]

Can’t believe they named a boss fight after me, I was so happy when I saw it.

[@TeraCMusic]

@@skullton1121 That was basically me when I found out about Terra's theme (FFVI)! My name being so rare as it is, I was shocked that Terra is a MAIN CHARACTER in a Final Fantasy game 🤯

[@Alfred_bb]

Living failures Me to lol

[@Herr_Gamer]

Yeah it’s crazy that someone besides me was named Laurence, the First Vicar

[@TeraCMusic]

@@Herr_Gamer 😂😂😂😂

[@skullton1121]

@@Herr_Gamer I mainly meant living failures, unfortunately 😔

[@Cultri_97]

Btw just a few bloodborne OST have Latin lyrics, Laurence is one of them and the lyrics tells the story of the boss in some, and in some other they are having a dialogue with you(like with Gehrman)

[@HokageSama13]

Don’t forget that all of the ost for Bloodborne was done with a live orchestra. Gotta put that Sony money to good use after all

[@TeraCMusic]

@@HokageSama13 LOVE that and hope more game companies see the benefit of using larger groups of musicians for their game compositions! Could you imagine trying to fit all this complexity in a MIDI arrangement? So much valuable musical information would be lost!

[@belial1821]

Laurence’s Theme is the goat of soulsborne soundtracks

[@LompaGaming]

Laurence remains as my favorite souls OST of all time. Midra and Fortissax from Elden Ring are very close. Great vid!🔥

[@grand1994]

Laurence’s theme to me is basically the telling of his fall from grace.

[@maldonjav]

Great reaction, maybe "Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos" and/or "Queen of the Vilebloods" if there is ever a part 4.

[@TeraCMusic]

@@maldonjav They won't be in Part 4, but I have them on my list already for a future video! 🎶

[@derekthedullard]

The most amazing thing about the music in Fromsoft games is the amount of actual physical emotion it creates in you when you're trying to beat the bosses. Honestly, they're such brilliantly designed games in that respect.

[@BlueAsterismSolstice]

Whenever you hear "Sanguine" in the lyrics/chorus, you know it's about blood in songs like Laurence.

[@aelalkaualmadias8502]

The Bloodborne OST is ABSOLUTE Gold

[@Herr_Gamer]

«Oh, Laurence... What's taking you so long..., I've grown too old for this, of little use now, I'm afraid» - Gehrman, sleeptalking. Having been trapped in the Hunter’s dream for so long, Gehrman has no idea what befell the church, the hunters or Laurence. All he knows is the beasts roam the city and the Moon Presence calls upon hunters to cleanse these foul streets. This also tells us they were at some point colleagues or even friends. As for you getting cultush vibes, yes. The healing church sprouted from the ambitions of extremist scholars of Byrgenwyrth college. They took the holy blood and did with it as they pleased, despite the warnings of old master Willem. As the consequences of their actions dawned on the upper echelons of the Healing Church including Laurence himself, the question as writ in the lyrics of his theme arose: Expectare, iste blasphemia? Loosely translated, «wait, could this be blasphemy?». The lyrics speak of the beginning of the feast, the sanctity of the blood (sanguine sanctum) and the realization that there is more than mere healing powers in this old holy blood. It speaks of the emergeance of beasts. It’s a lament of pride, realization and regret.

[@abreu7756]

peakborne

[@a10bam420]

right on the head. the fight takes place in a cathedral

[@Alfred_bb]

Laurence Laurence oooo boy what happened to you poor man

[@Lantias]

Its been a treat watching you react and listening to your thoughts on these tracks I've listened to for so many years! I really enjoy your thoughtful and unique perspective. Are you open to suggestions for other OSTs? I can think of quite a few I'd like to hear your thoughts on!

[@TeraCMusic]

@@Lantias Absolutely!! Send them all! I've also been doing some Violinist Attempts videos that have a variety of tracks (I react to AND try to play them) but definitely looking to do some more general reactions for other games!

[@Lantias]

​​​@@TeraCMusic Awesome! I'm very excited to hear that! Alright so. The first series that comes to mind is Legend of Zelda for their history of phenomenal orchestral sounds. But if I remember correctly you know quite a few of them already so let's skip that. Same thing with some of the other big names. Pokemon, (some of the older themes are beautiful, but black and white is a sleeper pick too), fire Emblem (again lovely main theme, Awakening, Fates & 3 Houses are my favourites in recent memory.), Elder Scrolls (but I think I saw you perform some of those) and so on and so forth. I'd like to give you a few you may be haven't dipped your toes into. Number one is hollow Knight. Great platformer metroidvania- Souls-like game. The entire ost is an absolute masterpiece of emotionally driven storytelling and world building. (Christopher larkins clever use of Leitmotifs is a treat!). Next is The Witcher 3 which features a whole range of very percussion intensive sounds. Not quite as many strings in this one but it's a very unique and memorable atmosphere. In recent months one of the best Soundtracks I've had the honor of attending life performances of was Yu Chen Pengs work on genshin impact. That is a rabbit hole on its own, let me tell you. With multiple hundreds of well-crafted orchestral pieces there is a seemingly never-ending amount of beautiful things to listen to and to put into playlists. (Of special note here are the Boss themes which feature multiple layers of complex storytelling the likes of which have only ever seen in really well written operas) And lastly for a very unique and fun experience I can recommend listening to some of League of Legends' character themes. There are many interesting ones and it's great fun to listen to and speculate about what a character and their motifs could look like!

[@TeraCMusic]

@@Lantias So many great suggestions!! Genshin is 100% on my list, I remember being so enamored by the music when it first came out! I played maybe 20 hours and then never picked it back up, but they have consistently added more and more to the story and game so it'd be fun to listen to those tracks! LoL is also another good one! I don't really know any of the songs aside from the K-pop collaborations (I'm a huge K-pop fan lol) so that'd be fun to do as well! Fire Emblem I pretty much know all of them since Awakening (Chrom is bae lol) but when a new FE game comes out, I'd love to react to that too! I did listen to one Hollow Knight track for an upcoming Violinist Attempts video, but yes I really should listen to more!

[@Lantias]

@@TeraCMusic I'll definitely be on the lookout for some of those! I'm sure I can at some point make a more specific list with individual tracks instead of whole series' for you to browse through. (Also, Chrome? Really? I was always more of a Lucina and/or Robin person. I always thought Chrome was so... Vanilla? Maybe I just like a good dash of drama. The angst, the moral Dilemma. That's what I'm here for XD)

[@TeraCMusic]

@Lantias Sounds good!! The best thing about this is that I now have SO MUCH content to do, it feels like my whole world opened up a bit! It also is nice to know that you all like my reactions, otherwise I probably would have stopped making these after Part 1! And lmao I think it was moreso that Awakening was my entry to the series, so he was a complete heartthrob to me 😂 But my second playthrough, I romanced Lon'qu cause he was a total softie at heart even with his past trauma lol

[@bpopa27]

I beleave you're starting to warm up to these kind of tracks. and pretty much every time your opinions hit home and true as to what's going on (as a boss fight and visual setting)

[@steel2572]

Ill try give a brief synapses of the backstories for these. A group of scholars found ancient blood in tombs below the city of Yarnham. They also found evidence of great beings that had ascended to a higher plane of existence. Great Ones is the name the game uses. Very mysterious Lovecraftian style beings with unknowable goals and motivations. A few characters wanted humanity to also ascend to that next stage. Laurence thought they could use this holy blood to do it. So he split off from the rest of the school and founded the Healing church. They had discovered the blood could cure any illness and had a sort of intoxicating, addicting quality to it. The church grew in power rapidly with many people in Yarnham partaking in the blood. Eventually everyone started turning in to vicious beasts. The holy blood was actually a curse. We find Laurence trapped in a nightmare as a massive burning beast. The lyrics as someone else posted sort of tell his story with the blood. Laurence is a very tragic character because he wanted the best for humanity and thought the blood was the answer. But because of his own arrogance he ended up dooming everyone. Theres a sort of irony in his OST. While the epic heroic segment is playing Laurence is crawling around on the floor screaming in an almost pathetic way. (Still very dangerous gameplay wise but not storywise.) Other characters believed they could ascend humanity through physical experimentation. Turning themselves in to great ones literally. Or at least creating beings that could communicate with the great ones directly. Its kinda ambiguous afaik. Maybe a bit of both. The Living Failures are people who were transformed into these alien looking blue things. They are considered failures because they did not properly ascend. It seems they did gain some sort of power as they summon a meteor shower during the bossfight but they definitely didnt turn out as intended. We find them at the end of a research hall filled with other failed experiments. People with big bulbous fleshy heads that have gone insane. Hopefully that gives some sort of explanation. Bloodbornes story is very vague and confusing in general with lots of gaps. Cheers for the video though was a fun watch.

[@rumbling_gull3378]

I can definetly recommend the track "midra, lord of frenzied flame" from elden ring. The game is made by the same studio and midras theme definetly retains that creepyness and eerieness that makes bloodborne music so special

[@anthonydenia6798]

If I m not wrong, Living Failures are failed experiment in trying to create celestial emisseraries. During the fight when the last part of the song come it as likely they finally succeed as they raise their hand in a pray and the sky replies to their pleading ny showering you with a meteor rain.

[@bradensmith8682]

Living Failures is the name of a Boss consisting in rejected creations that by themselves are useless to their creators, acting as just a guard for a door. But when they work together, they rip the very fabric of reality apart, you see the cosmos, and then they fire Meteors at you.

[@voxstelarum]

Your guess on the Living Failures song was on point. Maybe if you see a video of fight will make more sense

[@yerfdogson9785]

Laurence being a cleric beast makes sense, but there's still a part of me that wishes he had a unique model like Ludwig, but his ost is still my favorite in all of fromsoft, perfectly tells his story with emotion, tragic, but also for the villain of the game it's fitting (yes ik moon presence is the villain but we don't know why it did what it did, Laurence knew what he was doing, plus he was part of the people that went to pthumeru and dug up/ made contact with the old ones anyways, he started everything, villain in my book)

[@Soulute367]

My favorite ost from Bloodborne the Living Failures.

[@lionhunter1296]

Hey I have to say that I really love your reactions. You're giving great commentary and also get really invested. I love bloodborne with all my heart and especially the Soundtracks, as well as those of the other FROMSoftware games. And even if there are many other youtubers who cover these tracks it is still so wonderful to see someone react to them as I did in the past, it's just the best. Keep doing what cha doin caise your great and it would also be cool id you'd react to the themes of dark souls Soundtracks, especially dark souls 3 if you haven't done it already. Have a nice day (this goes for everyone who read this 😁)

[@TeraCMusic]

You are too kind, thank you so much!! Other souls games are on the list for sure, and I am excited to also watch a couple of the boss fights and react to that too! The more context I get, the better I can analyze the tracks and go even more in depth 💜

[@lionhunter1296]

@@TeraCMusic I'm already excited for it!

[@redhawk4262]

I'm enjoying all the Bloodborne videos here resently 🖤! And I just want to suggest a song from Bloodborne, which is mentioned not really often, but it's such a beautiful track. I'm talking about "Moon Presence"🖤. And "Soothing Hymn" is also one of the tracks which give me goosebumps 😄

[@TeraCMusic]

@@redhawk4262 Ooh I'll add them to the list! I don't recall if people have suggested those yet. Thank you so much for watching, Part 4 will be towards the end of the month!

[@Jonnell01]

​​@@TeraCMusicThe Moon Pressence is arguably the most important character in bloodborne maybe more than Laurence, and I'd recommend listening to moonlit melody which is the hub theme before listening to Moon Pressence since they've got musical connections that I'm sure comments will explain when the video drops 👍🏽

[@Grundbeldknight]

Amazing reaction

[@JEWong47]

Here's the Latin lyrics, if you're interested: Si dicite tibi vis sacramentum Erit praemium sanguine sanctum Erit praemium sanguine sanctum absconditum Per venia humanitas splendor perdere Sanguine sanctum! Omnes cavete sanguine Est nectareis de blasphemia Respice intra mysterium Et respice intra bestia Omnes cavete sanguine Est nectareis de blasphemia Quamvis credo possumus Quamvis credo possumus Ignotus! Timere! Ignotus! Sanguine! Timere benefacitis! (Cello solo) Esti omnes cavete Sanguine sanctum Intra respice mysterium Quamvis credo possumus

[@Mare_Man]

Laurence's theme doesn't hit the same without the screeching

[@Inariestreams]

YAY I'm so glad you liked the Laurence OST! Its my favorite:) its sooo good I even took the time to learn it on piano years ago! Also If you are enjoying the Bloodborne music you should totally check out the OST's from Dark Souls series as well as Elden Ring:) but fair warning there are a LOT. My favorite Dark Souls 1 OST is probably Lord Gwynn and Ornstein/Smough.

[@LCarcamo-_02]

The living failures are related to the Cosmos and the universe in general, so your comparison to the star wars music is spot on😅

[@CthulhuSeeker]

🔥🔥🔥

[@LiloDemon]

So about the Living Failures, the OST is taken inspiration from the Song Mars by Gustav Holst wich is about God of War Aries/Mars. This composition inspired John Willians to create Star Wars themes. That's why it seems so familiar to Star Wars because both drink from same fountain. In Elden Ring there's another Boss Theme called Astel Naturalborn Of The Void wich also inspiration from Mars by Gustav Holst.

[@nthprawn9313]

If you ever listen to Ebriatas, daughter of the cosmos, just know that it’s supposed to sound overwhelming and incomprehensible. Like you’re witnessing something beautiful yet terrifying.

[@TeraCMusic]

Oooh can't wait!!

[@jesterbrown90]

Lore dump incoming: Lawrance was the head of the Healing Church and pioneered the use of eldritch blood transfusions as a miracle cure. It healed injuries, cured diseases, and was canonically more intoxicating than alcohol. Unfortunately, anyone who'd taken the blood eventually turned into beasts (werewolfs), and Lawrence had Old Yarnham purged. Eventually, Lawrence and the older members of the church also succumbed to the blood and turned into even more monstrous beasts than the townspeople. Eventually, he was killed, and his soul went to a nightmare realm where you put him down for good.

[@Crocko919]

Well, Bloodborne has weirdly a lot to do with "space", well other dimensions to be exact but that Williams feel in living failures isn't accidental at all.

[@brianmansilla8982]

6:20 Ha... The flames couldn't be more accurate, based on what happens to Lawrence at this point of the fight, lol

[@TeraCMusic]

@@brianmansilla8982 I figured as much!! I saw that he is on fire so I tried to add some flames like my editor friend did for Part 2 🔥

[@TheMightyCrucibleKnight184]

Ah, yes, Living Failures. . . . Hooray, just like me, a failure 🥲

[@TeraCMusic]

@@TheMightyCrucibleKnight184 lmao aren't we all in some way 😅

[@proudlarry8225]

Fun fact: Laurence has lyrics to the song during the fight! It goes something like this: "AAaAAAAAAaaaAAH! AAAAAaAaaaaaAAAAAAH! WAAUAUAUAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

[@TeraCMusic]

@@proudlarry8225 😂😂😂 A cultured man for sure

[@lauaraujo4123]

This Boss fight really are inside a church

[@Beep325]

Laurence, The First Vicar has full Latin lyrics that can be translated to english, the translation reads So you imposed the sacrament upon the children There will be a reward from the Holy Blood There will be a reward the Holy Blood keeps secret I try to repay humanity with Holy Blood! With an honest net, Blood... Wait, is this blasphemy? Is it dissimilar from life in this way? The beast overcame wild lands beyond. With an honest net, Blood... Wait, is this blasphemy? This mystery is beset by maintaining life was not absolved Spread the word... Be afraid... Spread the word... Of the Blood Fear the poison The feast is guaranteed By the Holy Blood So let this languish wine (be) O, poisonous drink When Laurence turned into the first Cleric Beast, members of the church ran to the streets chanting "Spread the word, fear the poison," a twist of Laurence's master's warning to fear the Old Blood, as there would be consequences for using it and relying on it so heavily.

[@TeraCMusic]

@@Beep325 Love this, thank you so much for taking the time to post the translation!

[@AdamsBombin]

Bloodborne is my second favorite video game soundtrack. My favorite is Nier:Automata. If you get the chance, I’d love to see your reaction to that! Awesome video as always!

[@TeraCMusic]

@@AdamsBombin Thank you!! And oh man, I do know some NieR Automata tracks but I'm sure I missed a few!! Those tracks are incredible, the chaos language and everything is just 💜💜

[@alu9140]

Great video i subscribed

[@TeraCMusic]

@@alu9140 Thank you for watching and for subscribing! 🔥

[@joaocartaxo8135]

It´s not just because it´s Bloodborne music, it´s FROMSOFT music.. check all their OST´s, Dark Souls III is incredible as well. Just the main theme alone will send shivers down your spine. They just never disappoint. Best developer around these days.

[@TeraCMusic]

I can't wait to listen to more FromSoft music!

[@philoconnor1675]

But of lightweight context for you: Laurence was a founding member of a religious order that uses cursed blood transfusions to heal the sick, against the sage advice of his academic mentors. In a lot of ways the story of Bloodborne is the story of Laurence. As you already learned with Gascoigne, the curse turns people into beasts; well, the clerics of this church, due to their exposure to the cursed blood, became even bigger, gnarlier beasts. Cleric beasts. It isn't an accident his theme has a callback to the cleric beast theme because Laurence was the first. Unlike Ludwig who gets a moment of lucidity before you end his suffering forever, Laurence never does. All that's left of him is burning, feral rage and even after you cut off his legs he drags himself after you until you put him down for good. As for the Living Failures, well, you can imagine that a fair amount of trial and error was required to work out how much blood to administer to heal the sick...

[@Alfred_bb]

Laurence yeee❤

[@specterRaven]

Next please: Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower o.o

[@TeraCMusic]

@@specterRaven She'll be in Part 4 later this month!

[@specterRaven]

@TeraCMusic yay! \o/ Its my favorite piece. Next to Ludwig. :3

[@grimmarielle7205]

Please listen to Ebrietas Daughter of the Cosmos And have a listen to other fromsoft soundtracks

[@Alfred_bb]

Living failures It's me😃😃

[@jsb1100]

If there is any music coming from gaming culture I can recommend then there is nothing more important for me than to recommend you the nier series like nier replicant and nier automata

[@Franarok]

The awesome of the Living Failures theme (beside be badass) is that all makes sense from a lore point: the marth, the alien, the holyness...

[@TeraCMusic]

@@Franarok Yeah! Davi's video had him reacting to the actual boss fight and I was kind of relieved that I mentioned space in my vid because he did too!

[@Franarok]

@@TeraCMusic yeah, you did an awesome job with the songs, very accurate :)